Have any of you played this game, whether the Bible form or any other? The inclusion of Bible characters seems interesting but also odd, when I look at what the Bible characters’s characteristics are within the game. The website includes the following information:

John the Baptist – Remove an opposing Legion from yours or an adjacent province.

Joshua – Opposing fortresses do not ignore the first hit.

I get the concept for some of them – David vs. Goliath and being at a disadvantage, and Jesus causing an economic disturbance in the temple. But even the application of those seems quite generic – as though David would always have an advantage when at a disadvantage, or Jesus would go around overturning tables in any temple he happened across. Joshua having an advantage against a fortress I also understand. The others are more puzzling. None of these seem like what might be considered “supernatural” or “miraculous” advantages, as one can see by comparing them with other heroes such as Brutus or Xerxes. It could be historically very interesting to play the role of Jesus or John the Baptist as political figures hoping to ultimately be installed into political power, and to see what happens. But then I’d want them playing against Pontius Pilate, Herod, and/or Caesar, rather than Spartacus – or the Kraken, for that matter.

So let me ask again – have any of you played this game, and if so, what do you have to say about it?